Abstract
In this paper, we report a synthetic route to curved 3D microspheres assembled by TiO2 nanorods, which were built from pure 1D TiO 2 nanocrystals through a solvothermal approach under controlled conditions. The method involves the reaction of titanium trichloride with urea in an n-butanol and water mixture at 150 °C assisted by a surfactant (span80). The decomposition of urea provided OH- to form 1D TiO 2 nanostructures that further assembled giving rise to 3D microspheres.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 003 |
| Pages (from-to) | 5046-5050 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Nanotechnology |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 20 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 28 Oct 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |